Acquirer(s)

  • Patties Foods Pty Ltd

Target(s)

  • National Pies Pty Ltd

Summary

Patties Foods Pty Ltd (Patties) is seeking to acquire National Pies Pty Ltd (National Pies).

Patties is a producer and wholesale supplier of primarily frozen packaged meals, savoury products and sweets in Australia and New Zealand. Patties’ retail brand names include Four’N Twenty, Patties Foods, Herbert Adams, On The Menu, Lean Cuisine, Fitness Outcomes, Weight Watchers, Leader, Leggo’s, and Nannas. It also manufactures private label, corporate branded and other branded products.

National Pies is a producer and wholesale supplier of primarily chilled savoury products (mainly pies, sausage rolls and pasties) in Australia. National Pies also supplies some customers with frozen savoury products.

Market inquiries

Submissions are invited from interested parties regarding Patties’ proposed acquisition of National Pies by 4pm AEST on 11 October 2024.

Submissions should be forwarded electronically (preferably in PDF format) to mergers@accc.gov.au with the title: "Submission re: Patties / National Pies". 

Following 11 October 2024, queries regarding the ACCC’s review may also be addressed to mergers@accc.gov.au.

For more details, please refer to the Market Inquiries letter published below.

ACCC correspondence

Timeline

Date Event

ACCC commenced informal review under the Informal Merger Review Process Guidelines.

Closing date for submissions.

Provisional date for announcement of ACCC’s findings (as outlined in the Informal Merger Review Process Guidelines, this may be a final decision or release of a Statement of Issues).

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